View From the Beauty Closet: Amateur Nail Art

I was lucky enough to work on an amazing nail art story for our September issue. For an entire month, my life was consumed with all things nails: I interviewed nail artists, played with every nail-art kit imaginable, and spent hours scrolling through blogs and Tumblrs. I even managed to pick up a thing or two along the way—see above. I started with two coats of JINSoon Lacquer in Nostalgia (out soon) followed by a coat of OPI The Man With The Golden Gun Real 18K Gold Top Coat (yes, that's the full name; it's out in October). The studs are part of a kit from the brand The New Black, which I stuck onto my nails with a drop of Seche Vite.